I'm 19 and I'm a full time student living in the dorms at college. Can my grandmother claim me?

Question

I earned around 12,000 dollars this past year, I always go home on the weekends, and spent the summer and Christmas break at her house.

Answer 1

From your information, your home is where you spend your weekends. Is this your parents' home? Then your parents will claim you, as long as you did not provide over half of your own support.

Since your home is not at your grandmother's place, she cannot claim you.

Answer 2

In general, to be a taxpayer’s qualifying child, a person must satisfy four tests:

Relationship — the taxpayer’s child or stepchild (whether by blood or adoption), foster child, sibling or stepsibling, or a descendant of one of these.

Residence — has the same principal residence as the taxpayer for more than half the tax year. Exceptions apply, in certain cases, for children of divorced or separated parents, kidnapped children, temporary absences, and for children who were born or died during the year.

Age — must be under the age of 19 at the end of the tax year, or under the age of 24 if a full-time student for at least five months of the year, or be permanently and totally disabled at any time during the year.

Support — did not provide more than one-half of his/her own support for the year.

I think you meet the relationship, residence and age tests - but not sure about the support test. Did you provide more than 1/2 of your own support? If so, your grandmother cannot claim the dependent exemption for you.

Answer 3

It depends on whether you provide more than half of your own support. With an income of $12,000, it's very possible that you do, but that depends on the total amount it costs for your support and what part you pay.

There's a worksheet on page 32 of IRS Publication 17 to calculate total support and to figure out who pays what share of it.

If you pay over half of your own support, then your grandmother can't claim you. Otherwise, she probably can.

Answer 4

I hate to sound crass, but your parents are going to claim you unless there is a reason that they can't claim you. Whoever provided the majority of your support is the one that should claim you on their taxes. If it's your grandmother, then yes she can because she meets all of the other test for claiming you as a dependent.

Answer 5

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